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ὄνωνις

ononis

restharrow, Ononis antiquorum

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What it meant

1. ὄνωνις · onōnis — Beekes

ὄνωνις [f.] plantname, ‘restharrow, Ononis antiquorum’ (Thphr.); cf. Strémberg 1940: 61,155. VAR Also -ic. DER ὀνωνῖτις [f.] ‘id’ (Ps.-Dsc.). eETYM Fur.: 340f. compares ἀνωνίς (Dsc.), with variation αὐ o, thus it is probably a Pre-Greek word. — [Beekes, s.v. ὄνωνις, p. 1138]

2. ὄνωνις · onōnis — LSJ

rest-harrow, Ononis antiquorum, troublesome weed

rest-harrow, Ononis antiquorum, Thphr. HP 6.1.3, Dsc. 3.131 ; τρηχεῖαν ὄνωνιν Supp.Hell. fr. 1138 (ap. Plu. Aud. 2.44e, al., v.l. ἄνωνιν): metaph., ἐς [τὴν] πόλιν ἄξεις τήνδε τὴν ὀνώνιδα this troublesome weed (perh. with a play on ὄνος), Com.Adesp. 438.

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